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Young Pilot has an Uplifting Story
Eighth graders read an article and answer some discussion questions. In this aviation lesson students complete a lab activity that shows them what careers are in aviation.
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Do celebs have a right to a private life?
Students weigh up privacy against freedom of expression arguments as they take on the role of members of the Press Complaints Commission.
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Who's Who in Government: Past, Present and Future
Twelfth graders research a list of governmental leaders of South Carolina's past and present. They briefly identify each by writing a short summary which includes the dates of their political career, party affiliation, positions held in...
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Books Have Feelings Too
Second gradersincrease their reading fluency and expressiveness through the use of various strategies. After reviewing decoding and rereading, 2nd graders complete an initial read of a novel text without expression. Each student reads a...
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Harriet The Spy
Fourth graders investigate the style of diary writing as its own genre of literature. They read Harriet The Spy in order to have a text for this literature study. Students use the skill of prediction to preview the story, and then...
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Mummy Ball
Students practice their hand and eye coordination in a ball throwing activity. In this physical education lesson plan, students participate in a game where they sit in a circle and throw to each other only once until everyone has...
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INTRODUCTION TO THE PERIODIC TABLE
Students identify the scientist who first wrote the Periodic Table, identify the scientist who amended the Table, state (or write) specific data relating to the history of the Periodic Table, identify at least five elements, and two...
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Tense Consistency: Exercise 3
In this tense consistency worksheet, students are asked to read a passage where some of the verbs have been omitted. Students must determine the correct tense of the verb necessary to complete the sentence correctly.
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Body Idioms
In this ESL idioms worksheet, students read 24 common idioms that contain a body part reference. Students read 13 sentences that have a missing phrase. Students select an idiom that would make sense in each sentence.
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Digit Place Game
Students identify digits and two digit numbers. They play the Digit Place game to guess the two digit number the teacher has and the place value of both digits. After practicing several examples and playing the game as a group, they...
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Equality
Young scholars examine equality. In this equality lesson, students experience unfairness and inequality through teacher showing favoritism in words and actions. Young scholars read Martin's Big Words and discuss fairness and equality.
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A Graveyard Scavenger Hunt
Students engage in the lesson that covers local community history by taking a field trip to a local graveyard. They do various activities prepared by the teacher that includes finding local important people who once lived in the community.
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SAT Reading Comprehension Practice Test 11
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read two passages and answer reading comprehension questions. Students have 12 minutes to answer 8 questions in this SAT practice worksheet.
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Shadow Matching
Students pair up with a partner and find a good self space. They choose who "match" who first (i.e., be the "leader"). Standing next to their partner, and only looking at their shadow, each student tries to match their partner
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American Folklore
Students develop a class definition of folklore. In groups, they read various folklores and discuss the loss of independence and how to survive. They answer discussion questions and compare the folklore tales to art. To end the...
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The Buckeye State
In this reading comprehension activity, 3rd graders read a short passage and answer questions about what they have read. Students respond to 5 multiple choice questions assessing understanding of what has been read.
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Introduce "th"
Students explore language arts by participating in a pronunciation activity. For this word sound lesson, students discuss the sound made by the letters /th/ and identify words where that sound appears. Students participate in a game in...
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Reintroduce /ou/
Learners demonstrate how to pronounce the "ou" sound. In this sound fluency lesson, students review the letters that make the sound in the word "cloud" and then practice making the sound. Learners identify the words on the board that...
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Family
Students listen to a teacher read aloud of a book about families before discussing what a family is to them. They discuss how families can be the same or different, who they are made of, and what their traditions might be. They draw a...
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My Family and Other Animals: Larry's Idea
In this my family and other animals: Larry's Idea worksheet, student answer 22 questions about the story, Larry's Idea, match characters, put events in order, and rewrite sentences.
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A Field of Stars
Students discover the earth can be compared to the shape of an apple, having a spherical shape, and has a north and south pole. They listen to the story, "A Field of Stars" and then observe as the apple is cut open on the equator to...
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Sing Your Way Through Phonics
Students recognize and spell sets of words with/shun/suffixes. They become familiar with common t-i-o-n, s-i-o-n, s-s-i-o-n, and c-i-a-n words. Students listen as the teacher say, "I'm going to say several different words that all have...
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Revise for Parallel Structure
In this parallel structure worksheet, students revise a set of 20 sentences for parallel structure. Page has links to additional resources.